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| Paper: |
Can the Propeller Outflow from AE Aquarii be Imaged Directly? |
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315, Magnetic Cataclysmic Variables (IAU Colloquium 190) |
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293 |
| Authors: |
Still, M.; Horne, K.; Knigge, C. |
| Abstract: |
We calculate the Hα luminosity of an outflow nebula resulting from propeller action in AE Aqr. While the outflow is bright enough to be detected as an extended source, 1 arcsec across, it is dominated by the point-spread function (PSF) wings of the central object. By subtracting a PSF model from HST PC data we rule out the extreme models of high mass-loss rate combined with narrow-angle outflow, but more precise measurements are required to explore the propeller parameter space further. |
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